Japanese automakers are turning their attention to robots to help keep the country's rapidly graying society on the move and are hence looking beyond the industry trend to develop self-driving cars.   In a country whose population is ageing faster than the rest of the world as the birthrate...

AMD acquired a developer of wireless data transmission systems for virtual reality helmets Nitero. The deal included all intellectual property and employees of the company. It happened only six months after Valve announced significant investments in Nitero. Technological solutions of Nitero provide...

To enforce and empower companies selling credit cards and other lending products online by helping them to spot fraudsters applying for such products, Credit bureau Experian Plc has joined forces with technology firm BioCatch to use behavioral biometrics for this purpose, the companies said....

German concern Daimler AG and Robert Bosch company announced beginning of cooperation on development of a fully autonomous control system for cars. The companies expect that their system will increase safety on the roads, and also consider it as an alternative to a taxi. Daimler and Robert Bosch...

Shrinking a lab into the size of a tissue box that could be operated remotely and can perform experiment in micro-gravity opens new vistas before the space scientists. SpacePharma is a “Swiss-Israeli company” that reported about its “miniature lab” which found a new method for the researches to...

Germany and Japan, two leading powers in the field of automation of production and robotics, have established a "digital alliance". The agreement crowned visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Hannover, where he and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened CeBIT...

In a deal that could thrust the U.S. chipmaker into direct competition with rivals Nvidia Corp and Qualcomm Inc to develop driver-less systems for global automakers, Intel Corp agreed to buy Israeli autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion.   At a time when Intel has...

In today's so-called smart home, simply by talking to a small Wifi-connected speaker, such as Amazon's Echo or Google's Home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or tell the kids to go to bed.   Barely in existence in 2014 was the voice-first market - combining voice with...

There have been several years since Google presented its Google Glass. Now, manufacturers of glasses are attempting to create a sufficiently massive product. According to some estimates, this market can reach 55 million units by 2022. Customers and analysts are focusing on a very large player that...